The qla2xxx module doesn't work out of the box. It requires a firmware to be loaded from the userpace(eg harddrive) to work. The 2007 minimal cd couldn't really handle it but the 2008 probably can.

After booting the cd, did you try to remove the module and modprobe it again to trigger the firmware loading? That should make it work even on the old 2007 cd.

Code:

rmmod qla2xxx
modprobe qla2xxx

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i tried to pass the module arguments that you suggested - still no luck. the output from dmesg is at the end of this reply.

this is how i understand this setup - the qla2xxx module controls the hba fibre channels to which both the raid and the fibre discs are attached. is this correct? my earlier post had the lspci output in which i noticed two SP2312-based 2Gb Fibre Channel to PCI-X HBA which i assumed to be for the fibre discs (obviously i was wrong). lspci also mentioned a scsi controller QLogic Corp. ISP12160 Dual Channel Ultra3 SCSI Processor. does the qla2xxx module take care of that too or does it need a module of its own?

- connected to the disc you want to install gentoo on
- uses the qla1280(CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280) module, not qla2xxx
- does not work(yet)

Can you try to modprobe qla1280(it should work out of the box, meaning without the need for a userpace firmware)? Hoepfully this one exists on the cd..._________________Black Holes are created when God divides by zero!